MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge – 2015 – 396 Pages.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about the informative new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
that
deals with
subjects
having to do with open
education resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
Recent
developments in
elearning have provided the means for
people
in every nation on earth
to take online courses.
Massively open online courses are
normally free
for learners but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
This MOOCs book also documents active learning solutions that can help motivate students to engage in more productive learning experiences. It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments.
There are a lot of
subjects that
online learning technology organizations
have to deal with
now that technology-enhanced learning is
advancing so rapidly.
How can educators
be assured that
the education provided by these
MOOC courses is
respectable?
How can learners
assure that
teachers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online MOOC courses?
What strategies are being used by
organizations like
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign to conduct these massive open online courses?
What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today?
How can teachers
deal with the problems of
poor
student motivation and high
attrition?
As digital learning technology becomes more
procurable there is a
growing
desire
to gain more knowledge about how
MOOCs are being conducted.
Professors
and numerous other
participants
want
to be more aware of
these
interesting new open education
endeavours.
Students want
to know how
massively open online courses
can be improved.
To respond to this
growing
need for
knowledge
the stimulating new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics.
This sensational new book
also addresses the
most important controversies associated with
these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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